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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Ballarat, Victoria [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Napier [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Sunderland [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Blundeston, Suffolk [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Christchurch [2]

Derby [2]

Dublin [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Islington, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Lickowen, Castletownshend [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

New Cross, London [2]

Plymouth, Devon, England [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Sydney, New South Wales [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Akaroa [1]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]

Annandale, New South Wales [1]

Anstruther, Fife [1]

Anstruther, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Antwerp [1]

Arbroath [1]

Arklow, County Wicklow [1]

Arklow, Wicklow [1]

Arreton, Isle of Wight, England [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1]

At Sea [1]

Auckland [1]

Aylmerton, Norfolk [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [329]

Able Seaman [299]

Second Lieutenant [220]

Lieutenant [198]

Stoker [123]

Captain [98]

Sapper [81]

Ordinary Seaman [80]

Petty Officer [75]

Gunner [60]

Leading Seaman [56]

Sub Lieutenant [48]

Corporal [45]

Ships Corporal [41]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [38]

Stoker 1st Class [33]

Seaman [31]

Surgeon Lieutenant [31]

Serjeant [28]

Major [26]

Leading Stoker [25]

Commander [23]

Driver [22]

Deck Hand [21]

Lance Corporal [21]

Chief Petty Officer [20]

Signaller [20]

Stoker Petty Officer [20]

Lieutenant Commander [19]

1st Class Stoker [18]

Telegraphist [18]

Midshipman [17]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [17]

Signalman [16]

Temporary Surgeon [16]

Leading Signalman [15]

Surgeon [15]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [14]

Stoker 2nd Class [14]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Boy 1st Class [11]

Petty Officer Mechanic [11]

Chaplain [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Boy [9]

Boy 2nd Class [9]

Fireman [9]

Yeoman of Signals [9]

1st Class Petty Officer [8]

Acting Corporal [8]

Unit

Royal Navy [1555]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [168]

Royal Naval Reserve [161]

Royal Engineers [143]

Royal Australian Navy [73]

Royal Garrison Artillery [53]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

Royal Field Artillery [41]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Air Force [35]

Royal Indian Marine [33]

London Regiment [30]

Labour Corps [29]

Royal Navy Air Service [29]

Army Service Corps [23]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1 [23]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [23]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Navy [18]

Royal Artillery [18]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

General List [13]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [13]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

British Red Cross Society [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Australia." [10]

Royal Naval Air Service [10]

Tank Corps [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [6]

Merchant Navy [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Service

British Army [1655]

Royal Navy [400]

Other Empire Force [239]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Canadian Navy [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [238]

S [192]

M [190]

H [163]

C [161]

W [137]

P [112]

G [100]

A [99]

R [97]

D [95]

L [90]

T [85]

F [76]

K [63]

J [54]

E [35]

O [25]

N [24]

V [17]

I [11]

U [7]

Y [6]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1850]

Merchant Navy [117]

Country

United Kingdom [105]

Australia [9]

New Zealand [6]

Ireland [3]

United States [2]

India [1]

Singapore [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [2079] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] London, Middlesex, England [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Ballarat, Victoria [3] Battersea, London [3] Napier [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Sunderland [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Blundeston, Suffolk [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Christchurch [2] Derby [2] Dublin [2] Edinburgh [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Islington, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Lickowen, Castletownshend [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] New Cross, London [2] Plymouth, Devon, England [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Sydney, New South Wales [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Akaroa [1] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1] Annandale, New South Wales [1] Anstruther, Fife [1] Anstruther, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Antwerp [1] Arbroath [1] Arklow, County Wicklow [1] Arklow, Wicklow [1] Arreton, Isle of Wight, England [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1] At Sea [1] Auckland [1] Aylmerton, Norfolk [1] Ballarat Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [329] Able Seaman [299] Second Lieutenant [220] Lieutenant [198] Stoker [123] Captain [98] Sapper [81] Ordinary Seaman [80] Petty Officer [75] Gunner [60] Leading Seaman [56] Sub Lieutenant [48] Corporal [45] Ships Corporal [41] Lieutenant (Temporary) [38] Stoker 1st Class [33] Seaman [31] Surgeon Lieutenant [31] Serjeant [28] Major [26] Leading Stoker [25] Commander [23] Driver [22] Deck Hand [21] Lance Corporal [21] Chief Petty Officer [20] Signaller [20] Stoker Petty Officer [20] Lieutenant Commander [19] 1st Class Stoker [18] Telegraphist [18] Midshipman [17] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [17] Signalman [16] Temporary Surgeon [16] Leading Signalman [15] Surgeon [15] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [14] Stoker 2nd Class [14] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Boy 1st Class [11] Petty Officer Mechanic [11] Chaplain [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Boy [9] Boy 2nd Class [9] Fireman [9] Yeoman of Signals [9] 1st Class Petty Officer [8] Acting Corporal [8]

Unit

Royal Navy [1555] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [168] Royal Naval Reserve [161] Royal Engineers [143] Royal Australian Navy [73] Royal Garrison Artillery [53] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] Royal Field Artillery [41] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Royal Air Force [35] Royal Indian Marine [33] London Regiment [30] Labour Corps [29] Royal Navy Air Service [29] Army Service Corps [23] Machine Gun Corps [23] Royal Australian Navy - HMAS AE1 [23] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [23] Royal Naval Division [21] Navy [18] Royal Artillery [18] Durham Light Infantry [14] General List [13] Hampshire Regiment [13] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [13] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] British Red Cross Society [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Australian Navy, H.M.A.S. "Australia." [10] Royal Naval Air Service [10] Tank Corps [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Devonshire Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Gordon Highlanders [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Mercantile Marine Reserve [6] Merchant Navy [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6]

Service

British Army [1655] Royal Navy [400] Other Empire Force [239] Australian Imperial Force [55] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Canadian Navy [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [238] S [192] M [190] H [163] C [161] W [137] P [112] G [100] A [99] R [97] D [95] L [90] T [85] F [76] K [63] J [54] E [35] O [25] N [24] V [17] I [11] U [7] Y [6] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1850] Merchant Navy [117]

Country

United Kingdom [105] Australia [9] New Zealand [6] Ireland [3] United States [2] India [1] Singapore [1] Turkey [1]

George Wrench

British Army 1118 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army J/64038 Private Royal Navy

British Army 3644089 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Percy Edgar Andrews

British Army L3/930 Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Alan Selby Green

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem

British Army Surgeon Lieutenant Royal Navy

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Herbert Mitchell

British Army 22330 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Prisoner of War Company

British Army Labour Corps

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George Wallace Rowbotham

British Army L2/902 Able Seaman Royal Navy

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Norman Illingworth

British Army PO/493/S Private Royal Navy

British Army PO/493/S Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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William H Fulstow

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem

British Army Royal Navy

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John Salisbury

British Army 36346 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army SS/3219 Overseer Royal Navy

British Army 36346 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Francis Foley

British Army T4/062113 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 45744 Driver Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 45744 Driver Royal Navy

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A J French

British Army 5374706 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 411108 Private Royal Navy

British Army 50648 Private The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Walker

British Army 240175 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army K/28301 Stoker Royal Navy

British Army 4680298 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Archibald Mclean

British Army Assistant and Chief Engineer Navy

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army Lieutenant Special List Employed Inland Water Transport

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E A Gallie

British Army L5102 Ordinary Seaman Royal Navy H M S Tiger

British Army L5102 Private 4th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Jonathan Bingley

British Army 15549 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 15549 Lance Corporal 1/8th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army K/57530 Stoker 1st Class Royal Navy

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George R Coulthard

British Army Acting Lieutenant Royal Navy

British Army Acting Lieutenant Indian Army

British Army Captain 105th Mahrattas

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Charles William Cooke

British Army Petty Officer Royal Navy

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Cyclist Corps

British Army Captain Indian Army

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Walter Harold Ferguson Mattinson

Born 1886

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

British Army Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Hubert Claud Jones

Born 1893

Royal Navy J8053 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J8053 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J8053 Boy 1st Class HMS Vivid I

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Harry Gordon Parker

British Army Surgeon Lieutenant Royal Navy

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attached Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps attached Manchester Regiment

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